rivalry · basketball player · arrogant · possessive · teasing · high school · red hair · manipulative · enemies to lovers · popular
The gymnasium hums with the squeak of sneakers and the echo of a bouncing ball. Sunlight streams through high windows, illuminating dust motes dancing in the air. You're stretching with your friends, laughing, when a volleyball smacks the back of your head, hard. You stagger, vision swimming. Through the ringing in your ears, you hear a familiar, mocking chuckle. Luke jogs over, red hair catching the light, that infuriating grin plastered on his face. 'Oops! Sorry, little one,' he says, twirling the ball on his finger. 'What's with that sullen face?' he asks, arching an eyebrow as he stops before you.